News News stories and current events http://addingunderstanding.com/taxonomy/term/28/atom/feed 2006-01-30T09:17:50-07:00 Jim Rogers: I hereby withdraw my resignation http://addingunderstanding.com/2007/01/jim-rogers-i-hereby-withdraw-my-resignation 2007-01-16T09:24:58-07:00 2007-01-16T09:24:58-07:00 joshb According to reports on KNPR this morning Nevada's Chancellor of Higher Education has rescinded his resignation. The change reportedly comes following a meeting Monday with James Dean Leavitt. The Review Journal has more of the story.

]]> According to reports on KNPR this morning Nevada's Chancellor of Higher Education has rescinded his resignation. The change reportedly comes following a meeting Monday with James Dean Leavitt. The Review Journal has more of the story.

]]> How about some RSS http://addingunderstanding.com/2006/08/how-about-some-rss 2006-08-20T23:40:10-06:00 2006-08-20T23:40:37-06:00 joshb Dave Winer comments on the state of web news on the mainstream news sites. Hey Dave how about a RSS newsreader? :).

My NetNewsWire is filled with the other stories about what is going on elsewhere. Sure there are more JonBenet stories than there need to be. I'm probably more accepting of them since I lived near Boulder for more than a dozen years and the case is one from the old neighborhood.

There is a serious side to this too. Dave's commented a couple of times on the overload of JonBenet coverage. Since I get my news from the radio and the RSS feeds I read I've not seen an overload. Sure, there's a story each day, but there are plenty of other real news stories too. I found myself wondering if this story would have crossed my desk if it weren't for the current coverage.

]]> Dave Winer comments on the state of web news on the mainstream news sites. Hey Dave how about a RSS newsreader? :).

My NetNewsWire is filled with the other stories about what is going on elsewhere. Sure there are more JonBenet stories than there need to be. I'm probably more accepting of them since I lived near Boulder for more than a dozen years and the case is one from the old neighborhood.

There is a serious side to this too. Dave's commented a couple of times on the overload of JonBenet coverage. Since I get my news from the radio and the RSS feeds I read I've not seen an overload. Sure, there's a story each day, but there are plenty of other real news stories too. I found myself wondering if this story would have crossed my desk if it weren't for the current coverage.

]]> What does the video say? http://addingunderstanding.com/some_video_evidence_unreliable.html 2006-03-22T09:00:59-07:00 2006-03-22T09:33:29-07:00 joshb Earlier this month a Florida woman was exonerated after spending two and one-half years in jail charged with child abuse. The video from the parent's "nanny cam" appears to show Claudia Muro shaking the child violently. However the nanny cam used shoots video at about 1/10th the rate of a regular video camera. This difference can change gentle back-and forth motion into motion that appears violent. The local CBS station has copies of the video footage.

With the advent of the inexpensive video camera the instances of using video in courts of law or public opinion have increased. At the same time the multitude of ways of capturing and processing video have grown more powerful and complex. These advances bring great possibility to the consumer while making it imperative that video be looked at with a critical eye to ensure it actually shows what is first perceived.

]]> Earlier this month a Florida woman was exonerated after spending two and one-half years in jail charged with child abuse. The video from the parent's "nanny cam" appears to show Claudia Muro shaking the child violently. However the nanny cam used shoots video at about 1/10th the rate of a regular video camera. This difference can change gentle back-and forth motion into motion that appears violent. The local CBS station has copies of the video footage.

With the advent of the inexpensive video camera the instances of using video in courts of law or public opinion have increased. At the same time the multitude of ways of capturing and processing video have grown more powerful and complex. These advances bring great possibility to the consumer while making it imperative that video be looked at with a critical eye to ensure it actually shows what is first perceived.

]]> Dick Morgan for university president http://addingunderstanding.com/2006/01/dick-morgan-university-president 2006-01-29T22:59:20-07:00 2006-01-30T09:17:50-07:00 joshb With the resignation of Carol Harter as UNLV's president there has been a great deal of speculation about Dick Morgan being picked to be the next university president.

In a KLAS TV story Chancellor Jim Rogers says he's been approached by people who think Morgan should be president - of UNR that is. The comments lead one to believe that they were prior to there being an opening at UNLV.

Elsewhere in the Las Vegas Sun Regent Harry Rosenberg says of Chancellor Rogers "The behavior I'm seeing is typical of Mussolini".

On a personal note I'll be linking to all the stories I come across on this topic. However, I will be unlikely to comment much from a personal perspective. Morgan is my second-level supervisor (my boss' boss). He is an adept administrator and simply one of the best administrators' I've had the fortune to work for as well as being an outstanding person. As much as I don't relish the possibility of Dean Morgan leaving the law school, I have a great deal of interest in seeing people with Morgan's skill and management style leading Nevada's institutions of higher education.

]]> With the resignation of Carol Harter as UNLV's president there has been a great deal of speculation about Dick Morgan being picked to be the next university president.

In a KLAS TV story Chancellor Jim Rogers says he's been approached by people who think Morgan should be president - of UNR that is. The comments lead one to believe that they were prior to there being an opening at UNLV.

Elsewhere in the Las Vegas Sun Regent Harry Rosenberg says of Chancellor Rogers "The behavior I'm seeing is typical of Mussolini".

On a personal note I'll be linking to all the stories I come across on this topic. However, I will be unlikely to comment much from a personal perspective. Morgan is my second-level supervisor (my boss' boss). He is an adept administrator and simply one of the best administrators' I've had the fortune to work for as well as being an outstanding person. As much as I don't relish the possibility of Dean Morgan leaving the law school, I have a great deal of interest in seeing people with Morgan's skill and management style leading Nevada's institutions of higher education.

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